BLACKLINE FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Centralizing, standardizing, and automating up to 97% of accounting work

We were looking for a holistic solution… the solution had to extend beyond account recs. We wanted to make sure the solution was something that Finance could own.”

The modern consumer has access to unlimited choices and an abundance of information. Buyers expect a convenient experience with products that align to their values.


Consumer products and services accounting teams must adapt to help respond to rising expectations. Modern accounting can help accounting teams save time, reduce risk, and create capacity to support their organizations’ strategic objectives.


See why leading companies like Energizer and PepsiCo trust BlackLine for financial close automation, visibility, and control.

John Zimmerman

Director of Financial Data Systems

BlackLine Customer - Hershey

Modern accounting use cases for consumer products and services companies

Match data between purchase order, order fulfillment, and cash receipt

Centralize and standardize shared services tasks, controls, and journal entries

Automatically calculate customer rebates earned and reconcile to sales rebate data

BlackLine is the Leader in G2’s Financial Close Software Grid

“Pre-BlackLine, everything was very scattered. We didn’t have a centralized area and there’s a lot of roll-forward, that minutiae of doing reconciliations that we were focused on. Now, we get to focus on the fun parts of Accounting.

Michael Hubbard

Manager, Finance Innovation & Transformation

Home Depot
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“As we move from manual reconciliations and gain better monitoring of month-end close tasks, we have far more time to spend on value-added activities, such as analyzing data and preparing additional reports.

Barbara Błaszczyk

Head of Finance Operations

Tate and Lyle

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“When I think of BlackLine, seamless, transparent, greater visibility, and increased control are all words that come to mind..

Eamonn Matthews

Controllership Global Process Owner

BlackLine Customer - Coca Cola
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With BlackLine, we now have a platform where everything is in one place. The supporting documentation is right there. Anyone can look at it. And because approvals are systematic, we never have to ask if a reconciliation was approved. It’s all in BlackLine.”

Julie Egan

Vice President, Finance Shared Services

BlackLine Customer - Veolia

Trusted by 4,000+ Companies

Performance Food Group

The value of accounting automation

97%

journal entry automation

225%

return on net assets

50%

reduction in time spent on reconciliations

BlackLine returns $2.77 for every dollar spent